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Soft-sending chat messages

a chat message and chat technology, applied in the field of soft-sending chat messages, can solve the problems of restricting the expressivity of users within the virtual environment, insufficient filtering of bad words, and inability to support users freely composing chat messages, etc., and achieve the effect of facilitating communication between users

Active Publication Date: 2013-02-21
DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC
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Benefits of technology

The technical effect of this patent is providing a way for people to communicate with each other through a computerized platform. Users can send out a specific word or phrase and have it automatically converted into different variations based on how others are likely to use them. These variants are then compared to pre-approved words or phrases, and if they match, an identifying code is sent back to the original sender who will see their own image appear on the screen. This makes conversations faster and easier, even across languages and cultures.

Problems solved by technology

The technical problem addressed in this patent relates to how to allow users in multi-user video games and virtual worlds to create unique and unrestricted chat messages while still ensuring privacy and security measures are followed. Current systems typically only allow predefined sets of words or phrases to be selected when chating which limits the expression of users. Additionally, allowing too many possibilities would require excessive storage capacity and negatively impact user experience.

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[0021]Embodiments of the invention provide a variety of techniques for supplying users with a safe and effective chat facility. The chat facility is “safe” in the sense that the ability of a user to compose inappropriate messages is greatly restricted, while “effective” in the sense that users are still allowed a broad range of expressivity in composing and exchanging chat messages. In one embodiment, the users exchange message while participating in an online virtual environment. Alternatively, users may be exchanging messages in an asynchronous manner (e.g., as SMS messages sent between mobile telephones).

[0022]A phrase chat interface may be used to compose and send messages, where users select approved phrases as chat messages. The phrase chat interface is more interactive than menu chat, where, instead of selecting from a predefined menu of phrases, a user may receive suggestions of possible allowed completions or matches for what he / she is typing. The user's selection may still...

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Techniques are disclosed for supplying users in an online environment with a safe and effective chat facility. The chat facility is “safe” in the sense that the ability of users to compose inappropriate messages is greatly restricted, while “effective” in the sense that users are still allowed a broad range of expressivity in composing and exchanging chat messages.

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Owner DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC
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